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Same-Sex Flamingo Couple Raises Chick in English Zoo
 Photo by VanilinKa/shutterstock.com A sex-same Chilean flamingo couple made international headlines this week for their parenting skills. The two males, Arthur and Curtis, mark a milestone for the Paignton Zoo. The southwest England zoo has been home to Chilean flamingos...
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SeaWorld Orlando Welcomes New Flamingo Chick
Free photo by Petr Ganaj from Pexels SeaWorld Orlando’s flamingo flamboyance just got one chick bigger! On Wednesday, the theme park welcomed its first flamingo chick of the summer: Fiesta. Fiesta hatched on June 28. She is not yet available...
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Study Shows Flamingos Preen as Much as Other Waterbirds
Photo by BillPruitt/Shutterstock.com According to a recent study, flamingos do not preen themselves much more than other waterbirds. Flamingos are notorious for their entrancing, colorful feathers. The birds seem to have some sense of how beautiful they are, because they can...
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Volunteers Save 283 Young Flamingos in Algeria
Free photo by Omm-on-tour from Getty Images Volunteers rescued 283 flamingos from an Algerian lake that dried up in the matter of a month. Lake Tinsilt, located in the northeast portion of the country and approximately 280 miles southeast of Algiers,...
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A Real Flamingo Photo Won an AI Image Contest
Free photo by RoyBuri on Canva.com Miles Astray submitted a photo he took of a flamingo in Aruba to the 1839 Awards’ Color Photography Contest. His work won third place in its category and took the People’s Vote distinction. But he...
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